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A new edition of Orwell''s end-of-tether third novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.J. Taylor

First published in 1936, and drawing on Orwell''s own experiences of working in a Hampstead bookshop, Keep the Aspidistra Flying tracks the career of Gordon Comstock (''nearly 30 and moth-eaten already'') a struggling poet who tries to rebel against the conventions of middle-class English life, only to be drawn inexorably back into the world that grinds him down.

This new edition includes an introduction and extensive end-notes, and an appendix containing original responses to the novel as well as letters and documents from the period in which it was written.

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

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    A Paperback / softback by D.J. Taylor, George Orwell

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 09/06/2022
      ISBN13: 9781472133106, 978-1472133106
      ISBN10: 1472133102
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A new edition of Orwell''s end-of-tether third novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.J. Taylor

      First published in 1936, and drawing on Orwell''s own experiences of working in a Hampstead bookshop, Keep the Aspidistra Flying tracks the career of Gordon Comstock (''nearly 30 and moth-eaten already'') a struggling poet who tries to rebel against the conventions of middle-class English life, only to be drawn inexorably back into the world that grinds him down.

      This new edition includes an introduction and extensive end-notes, and an appendix containing original responses to the novel as well as letters and documents from the period in which it was written.

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